Climate change and mental health: An exploratory case study from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada

Climatic Change

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-270

  Cunsolo Willox, Ashlee ^a   Harper, Sherilee L ^b   Ford, James D ^c   Edge, Victoria L ^b   Landman, Karen ^b   Houle, Karen ^b   Blake, Sarah ^d   Wolfrey, Charlotte ^d  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Rigolet Inuit Community Government   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; EMOTIONAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; VEGETATION PATTERN; WATER AND FOOD QUALITIES;

ANIMALS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; RESEARCH; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL IDENTITY; FOOD QUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; RESEARCH; SUICIDE; VEGETATION;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 84887616835     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0875-4     Document Type: Article

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